Polymer Aerogels and Aerogel Composites
A special issue of Gels (ISSN 2310-2861). This special issue belongs to the section "Gel Processing and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 36
Special Issue Editors
Interests: material science; aerogels; polymers; ceramics; metals; biodegradable materials; nanotechnology
Interests: material science; high-temperature polymers; polymer aerogels; exfoliation and surface modification of boron nitride; nanotechnology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Gels, entitled “Polymer Aerogels and Aerogel Composites”, is dedicated to the development of polymer aerogels with enhanced properties for various applications. This Special Issue is particularly interested in characterization techniques that enable the structure-to-property relationship of polymer aerogels to be better understood, in addition to different synthetic routes, novel chemistries and processing methods for large-scale production and cost reduction.
The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Novel polymer aerogels including new types of polymer aerogels, polymer aerogels with tunable physical and mechanical properties, green polymer aerogels, etc.;
- Polymer aerogels with enhanced properties, i.e., mechanical properties, rigidity or flexibility, hydrophobicity, thermal insulation, dielectric constant, and optical performance;
- Surface modification of polymer aerogels;
- Modeling and simulation involving polymer aerogels synthesis and properties;
- Incorporation of nanoparticles or nanomaterials within polymer aerogels;
- Polymer aerogel particles;
- Novel characterization methods such as the nondestructive method;
- Process development and cost reduction of polymer aerogels;
- Application of polymer aerogels, polymer aerogel composites, and polymer aerogel particles.
Dr. Haiquan Guo
Dr. Baochau N. Nguyen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- aerogels
- novel polymer aerogels
- aerogel composites
- structure-to-property relationship
- characterization
- applications
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